John Bowes (speaker)

John Bowes (c. 1383 – c. 1444) ^[1] was Speaker of the House of Commons of England between October 1435 and December 1435. ^[2]

He was the son of John Bowes of Costock , Nottinghamshire but raised as the ward of Sir Thomas Rempstone. He was trained as a lawyer and practised law in Nottinghamshire. ^[1]

In 1428 he was appointed Escheator for Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire . In 1429, 1432, 1435 and 1439 he was elected knight of the shire (MP) for Nottinghamshire , ^{[
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Thereafter he returned to the law and was appointed Recorder of London , serving as the MP for the city of London in 1442. ^{[
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He died some time in 1444 and, Bowes having no children, his estate passed to his brother William. ^{[
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References [ edit ]

^ ^a ^b Payling, S.J. (2004). "Bowes, John (c. 1383?1444), lawyer and speaker of the House of Commons" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi : 10.1093/ref:odnb/92981 . ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8 . Retrieved 2 February 2019 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ ^a ^b "Parliamentary Information List: Briefing Paper 04637a - Speakers of the House of Commons" (PDF) . parliament.uk . House of Commons Library. 21 August 2015. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 February 2019 . Retrieved 1 February 2019 .

Political offices
Preceded by Roger Hunt	Speaker of the House of Commons 1435	Succeeded by Sir John Tyrell

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[Oxford_Biography-1] Payling, S.J. (2004). "Bowes, John (c. 1383?1444), lawyer and speaker of the House of Commons" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi : 10.1093/ref:odnb/92981 . ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8 . Retrieved 2 February 2019 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[Speakers_of_the_House_of_Commons-2] "Parliamentary Information List: Briefing Paper 04637a - Speakers of the House of Commons" (PDF) . parliament.uk . House of Commons Library. 21 August 2015. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 February 2019 . Retrieved 1 February 2019 .

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